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Cryptographic architecture for secure, private biometric identification

  • US 20020152391A1
  • Filed: 04/13/2001
  • Published: 10/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A semiconductor device for securely controlling access to cryptographic processing of data comprising:

  • a semiconductor package;

    a cryptographic processor disposed in the semiconductor package, the processor including a biometric data capture device operative to acquire to data associated with predetermined biometric characteristic of a user and store it as a biometric key, and a encryption/decryption circuit operative to perform encryption or decryption on input data utilizing said biometric key.

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